. >>> in the meantime people in newtown connecticut are trying to celebrate christmas and it has been witness of one week. coming up, how children spent the holiday. >>> today marks a dark day at the san francisco zoo. a female -- female see betterrian tiger was provoked into leaping out of her enclosure. police had to shoot and kill the tiger. the zoo was sued and they settled lawsuits with the teen and his two friends families. >>> they will take part in a san francisco tradition. they will arrive at the identifieding room and allie rasmus is helping out this holiday season. >> reporter: good morning, we are standing outside the kitchen for st. anthony where preparations are already underway because they are serving 4,000 christmas meals to people in need and they will heat up the meals that will be served later on today. tell us what is involved in making all of this happen. >> we at st. anthony have been working for months even though it is one day and we are working to serve particularly families but it is the outpouring and we have 100 volunteers from our church community and fr